Classic Punk Essentials

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The origin of punk has long been a subject of debate. Some trace its raw, minimal sound and anti-pop attitude back to the late-’60s transgressions of The Velvet Underground. Others claim punk’s ground zero was CBGB in the mid-’70s, when the Manhattan dive bar housed a parade of misfits that included glue-sniffin’ rockers the Ramones, arty guitar contortionists Television, and radical poet Patti Smith. Then there are those who believe punk truly became a movement when—in the era of peak prog rock—the Sex Pistols unleashed anarchy in the UK with their blasphemous anti-establishment anthems. But their peers in The Clash showed how punk’s raging attack could be a vessel for shrewd social commentary, while the emergence of unruly acts in L.A. (Black Flag), Australia (The Saints), and beyond proved that punk was more than a profane antidote to mainstream-rock excess—it was an empowering philosophy that encouraged disaffected outsiders to take matters into their own hands.
Sex Pistols
Anarchy In the U.K.
Sex Pistols
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
The Damned
New Rose
The Damned
Damned Damned Damned
Ramones
I Wanna Be Sedated
Ramones
Road to Ruin (Deluxe Edition)
Iggy & The Stooges
Raw Power (Iggy Pop Mix)
Iggy & The Stooges
Raw Power
Buzzcocks
Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?) [1996 Remastered Version]
Buzzcocks
Love Bites (Special Edition)
The Runaways
Cherry Bomb
The Runaways
The Runaways
Dead Boys
Sonic Reducer
Dead Boys
Young, Loud and Snotty
Patti Smith
Gloria
Patti Smith
Outside Society (Remastered)
The Jam
In the City
The Jam
In the City (Remastered)
Television
See No Evil
Television
Marquee Moon
The Clash
London Calling
The Clash
London Calling
Richard Hell & The Voidoids
Blank Generation (Remastered)
Richard Hell & The Voidoids
Blank Generation (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Talking Heads
Psycho Killer
Talking Heads
Talking Heads 77 (Deluxe Version)
Blondie
Rip Her to Shreds
Blondie
Rip Her to Shreds - EP
The Saints
(I'm) Stranded
The Saints
(I'm) Stranded [Remastered]
Devo
Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy)
Devo
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
MC5
Kick Out the Jams (Uncensored Version)
MC5
The Big Bang! Best of the MC5
Stiff Little Fingers
Suspect Device (Single Version)
Stiff Little Fingers
All the Best
The Cramps
Goo Goo Muck
The Cramps
Off the Bone
The Modern Lovers
Roadrunner
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers (Reissue)
Suicide
Ghost Rider
Suicide
Suicide (Remastered)
Ian Dury
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Ian Dury
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
X
Johny Hit and Run Paulene
X
Los Angeles
Public Image Ltd.
Public Image
Public Image Ltd.
First Issue
The Stranglers
Peaches (1996 Remaster)
The Stranglers
Rattus Norvegicus
Germs
Lexicon Devil
Germs
CBGB (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]
Pere Ubu
Non-Alignment Pact
Pere Ubu
The Modern Dance
Wire
1 2 X U (2006 Remastered Version)
Wire
Pink Flag
The Undertones
Teenage Kicks
The Undertones
The Undertones
New York Dolls
Personality Crisis
New York Dolls
Paris' Burning
The Fall
Industrial Estate
The Fall
Live at the Witch Trials
The Velvet Underground & Nico
I'm Waiting for the Man
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground & Nico (45th Anniversary Edition)
The Misfits
Last Caress
The Misfits
Static Age
Sham 69
Borstal Breakout
Sham 69
If the Kids Are United: The Best Of
Black Flag
Rise Above
Black Flag
Damaged
Elvis Costello
Mystery Dance
Elvis Costello
My Aim Is True
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Love In a Void (7" Single Version)
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Join Hands (Remastered)
Pretenders
Precious
Pretenders
Pretenders (Expanded Edition)
Generation X
Your Generation (2019 Remaster)
Generation X
Generation X (Deluxe Edition)
Radio Birdman
Aloha Steve and Danno
Radio Birdman
The Essential Radio Birdman (1974-1978)
The Adverts
Gary Gilmore's Eyes
The Adverts
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
X-Ray Spex
Germ Free Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
Live @ The Roundhouse London 2008
Peter & The Test Tube Babies
Elvis is Dead
Peter & The Test Tube Babies
Pissed And Proud
Mekons
Never Been In a Riot
Mekons
Heaven & Hell
The Boomtown Rats
Lookin' After No. 1
The Boomtown Rats
Back To Boomtown: Classic Rats Hits
Nick Lowe
Heart of the City
Nick Lowe
Jesus of Cool (Deluxe Edition)
The Cortinas
Fascist Dictator
The Cortinas
Punk Rock Anthology
Rachel Sweet
Cuckoo Clock
Rachel Sweet
Fool Around
Crass
Do They Owe Us a Living?
Crass
The Feeding of the 5000 (Remastered)
Squeeze
Bang Bang
Squeeze
U.K. Squeeze
The Dictators
Two Tub Man
The Dictators
Go Girl Crazy!
Rich Kids
Ghosts of Princes In Towers
Rich Kids
Ghosts of Princes in Towers
Angelic Upstarts
I'm an Upstart
Angelic Upstarts
Teenage Warning
The Stooges
I Wanna Be Your Dog
The Stooges
The Stooges (Deluxe Edition)
The Clash
Clash City Rockers
The Clash
Hits Back (Deluxe Edition)
The Weirdos
We Got the Neutron Bomb
The Weirdos
We Got the Neutron Bomb: Weird World Volume 2
Ramones
Blitzkrieg Bop
Ramones
Ramones (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
The Diodes
Tired of Waking Up Tired
The Diodes
Tired of Waking Up Tired: The Best of The Diodes
The Stranglers
No More Heroes (1996 Remastered Version)
The Stranglers
No More Heroes
The Police
Next to You
The Police
Outlandos d'Amour (Remastered)
Rocket from the Tombs
Ain't It Fun (Live)
Rocket from the Tombs
The Day the Earth Met the Rocket from the Tombs (Live)
The Dickies
Banana Splits
The Dickies
The Incredible Shrinking Dickies (Expanded Version)
Suicide
Rocket U.S.A.
Suicide
Suicide (Remastered)
FEAR
I Love Living in the City
FEAR
I Love Living in the City - EP
Wipers
Alien Boy
Wipers
Is This Real?
Patti Smith
Piss Factory
Patti Smith
Hey Joe / Piss Factory - Single
The Misfits
Hybrid Moments
The Misfits
Static Age
Subway Sect
Ambition
Subway Sect
Twenty Odd Years
The Ruts
In A Rut
The Ruts
In A Rut
Wire
Ex Lion Tamer (2006 Remastered Version)
Wire
Pink Flag
The Jam
Down In the Tube Station At Midnight (Single Edit)
The Jam
The Sound of the Jam
Viletones
Screamin' Fist
Viletones
A Taste of Honey
The Rezillos
Top of the Pops
The Rezillos
Can't Stand the Rezillos - The (Almost) Complete Rezillos
Electric Eels
Agitated
Electric Eels
Die Electric Eels (1975)
Television
Little Johnny Jewel
Television
Ork Records: New York, New York
MC5
Talk / Rocket Reducer No. 62
MC5
Kick Out the Jams
Sex Pistols
Holidays In the Sun
Sex Pistols
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
The Lurkers
I Don't Need to Tell Her
The Lurkers
Fulham Fallout
The Vibrators
Baby Baby
The Vibrators
Punk's Not Dead - 30 Years of Punk
Generation X
Youth Youth Youth (2019 Remaster)
Generation X
Generation X (Deluxe Edition)
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
Born to Lose
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
L.A.M.F.: The Lost '77 Mixes (Remastered)
The Damned
Neat Neat Neat
The Damned
Damned Damned Damned
Slaughter and the Dogs
Where Have All the Boot Boys Gone
Slaughter and the Dogs
We Don't Care: Anthology
Pere Ubu
Heart of Darkness
Pere Ubu
The Hearpen Singles
Blondie
X Offender
Blondie
Rip Her to Shreds - EP
The Dils
I Hate the Rich
The Dils
Class War
The Raincoats
Fairytale In the Supermarket
The Raincoats
The Raincoats
Chrome
Tv as Eyes
Chrome
Chrome Box (Collector's Edition) [Bonus Track Version]
Wayne County
F**k Off
Wayne County
Blatantly Offensive - EP
Penetration
Don't Dictate
Penetration
The Best of Penetration - Don't Dictate
Buzzcocks
Boredom
Buzzcocks
Spiral Scratch - EP
Ultravox
Rockwrok
Ultravox
Ha! Ha! Ha! (Remastered) [Bonus Track Version]
Larry Wallis
Police Car
Larry Wallis
The Stiff Singles, Vol. 1
Zeros (1977)
Don't Push Me Around
Zeros (1977)
Don't Push Me Around
DMZ
Busy Man
DMZ
Relics
Scavengers
Mysterex
Scavengers
AK79
Chelsea
Right to Work
Chelsea
Right to Work - The Singles
Pop Rivets
Fun In the UK
Pop Rivets
My First Billy Childish Album
Bags
Survive
Bags
Dangerhouse Volume 1
Simply Saucer
Here Come the Cyborgs, Pt. 2
Simply Saucer
Cyborgs Revisited
100 Songs, 5 Hours, 19 Minutes

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